Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SIGHT BEYOND SIGHT, by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP Poet's Biography First Line: If the good lord had but restored Last Line: Beyond the reach of sight. Subject(s): God; Sight | ||||||||
IF the good Lord had but restored My sight, that were unkind To wend abroad and stare and nod And yet within be blind! But with that hand and that command That filled the eye with light He gave to me the gift to see Beyond the reach of sight. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PERSPECTIVE by MARGARET AVISON I TAKE MY GLASSES OFF by LUCILLE CLIFTON EYE AND TOOTH by ROBERT LOWELL SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: DIPPOLD THE OPTICIAN by EDGAR LEE MASTERS FREED FROM ANOTHER CONTEXT by ELEANOR WILNER TIME IS SOME SORT OF HINDSIGHT by ROBERT CREELEY NAMING THE CATARACTS by MADELINE DEFREES THE DOOR IN THE DARK by ROBERT FROST SYMPATHETIC MAGIC by ALBERT GOLDBARTH A SAILOR CHANTEY (ON BARK 'PESTALLOZI' OFF TRISTAN D'ACUNHA ISLANDS) by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP |
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